The man who came in was not tall and looked to be a few years older than Qu Zhiyao, but he was dressed very maturely. Qu Zhiyao looked familiar to this man, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
"Xiao Le!" The visitor nodded to Qu Zhiyao politely, looked past her, and called out Xiao Le's name.
"Ouch! Isn't this Director Ma!" Xiao Le always has a tendency to be startled when greeting people.
"Director Ma, just call me Brother Ma." Director Ma smiled, and his serious temperament disappeared instantly, and he still looked like a young man.
"Yaoyao, this is Director Ma from the county government office." Xiao Le quickly introduced, "Director Ma, this is my best friend Qu Zhiyao, from the County Culture and Tourism Bureau."
"My name is Ma Ran, I'm just an errand boy. Don't imitate Xiao Le, just call me Brother Ma." Ma Ran said, "I said you look familiar! It turns out you're from the county too. If you need help in the future, please Feel free to come to me.”
Xiao Le was a good person, and he could tell that Ma Ran had a crush on Qu Zhiyao. It was no wonder that her best friend wanted to have a good head and a good figure. It's just that he dresses conservatively and is too introverted, resulting in a narrow social circle. If not, how could she be missed by her aunt every day because she didn't have a boyfriend, and how could she get to know Song Wen, that scumbag, through a blind date?
At this time, the agency lady said coldly: "Just say you know each other. I really haven't wronged you."
The three of them looked at each other in shock after hearing this.
"Director Ma, it's not you who wants to rent a house, right?"
"That's right." Ma Ran laughed and looked at Qu Zhiyao, "Does this house belong to you? Let's sign the contract right now. I'll..."
"Director Ma, I'm really sorry. I don't want to rent this house anymore!"
"Yes, my bestie is in a bit of trouble." Xiao Le also chimed in.
"But that's not what I said before!" Ma Ran thought for a moment, then said, "I won't hide it from you, I didn't rent this house, the office rented it to County Magistrate Yuan who came from the province for a temporary job. His family is from Feng City and has no place to live in Jinghai County. Logically speaking, it doesn't matter if you don't rent it, but it happens that County Magistrate Yuan has seen the pictures and videos of this house and nodded... However, if you are really in trouble, you can It's fine."
Xiao Le asked: "Will Magistrate Yuan not stay in our county for too long?"
"A temporary job is usually two years. If there are special circumstances, it is possible for more than one year."
Just as Qu Zhiyao was about to speak, Xiao Le tugged at the corner of his clothes, "Yaoyao, be patient, a year will pass quickly. My mother will stay in Hainan throughout the winter. You can just live with me. Since the leaders are optimistic and have made up their minds, if we change our minds, wouldn’t we tell Director Ma to sit on the wax?"
Qu Zhiyao hesitated to speak, thinking that since Xiao Le was from a cadre family, he would naturally see this kind of thing better than she did. Besides, she couldn't afford to offend a big shot like the deputy county magistrate. I had to sign the contract mechanically.
Ma Ran happily added Qu Zhiyao on WeChat. She said that if there were any problems with the house in the future, she would be contacted.
At 7:30 that night, Qu Zhiyao's cell phone rang while he was still preparing the National Day activity plan at his work unit.
When she saw it was a remote number, she cut it off. But I was worried that it was my mother whose whereabouts were elusive, so I dialed back.
"Hello?"
A cold male voice came, as if it came from an ice cellar or the top of a snow-capped mountain.
It actually cheered up the somewhat sleepy Qu Zhiyao.
"Who are you?"
"I...just now, it was you who called me." Hearing that the caller was not his mother, Qu Zhiyao felt relieved, thinking that the other party probably dialed the wrong number.
"Just now?" The other party pondered for a while before saying, "Are you the landlord?"
"Yeah, I am."
"There's a power outage in the bathroom."
"I'm really sorry, I'll go over and fix it right away." Qu Zhiyao put down the phone and saved the completed manuscripts. Then he closed the computer.
The water heater in her home is instantaneous, and it was installed only to save space and look beautiful. But they neglected to reserve enough power cords. She had wanted to reluctantly replace it before, but the previous resident was a single mother who was very gentle and always said she could make do with it.
The price of having someone come to do repairs was very high, and Qu Zhiyao was always reluctant to do so. She was a caring person, so she learned to do it herself. Over time, she has become perfect with practice, and she doesn't care about any minor problems with water, electricity, and heating in the house.
At this time, night had already fallen in the north, and only the emergency lights were on in the lobby of the complex. Qu Zhiyao could only barely brush his face by relying on the light of his mobile phone's flashlight.
After walking out of the government complex, she realized belatedly that the person who called just now was not Ma Ran.
Could it be that he was the legendary Magistrate Yuan who was young and promising and whom Sun Hanmei was full of praise for?
She, who was never keen on gossip, quickened her pace. She was a little curious about what the deputy county magistrate looked like.
